Race 3 (230)
LEIGHTON HANDICAP Rating:56-32 1600m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 1 | PREMIERSHIP (BN224) | D Oliver | -- | Held up in 4th just behind leaders. Commenced move upon straightening and responded well under pressure to grab lead close home. |
| 2 | 13 | UNIVERSAL BOSS (BM039) | P W Kong | V | Settled in mid-division. Improved along rails passing 450 M to hit front over 300 M out, but caught near finish. |
| 3 | 11 | MERRY MAPLE (BM038) | T Quinn | B | Slowly away. Remained in rear before making steady headway home bend. Mid-division into straight but not clear run before making moderate progress final 300 M. |
| 4 | 3 | NANSEN (BM119) | H K Cheung | -- | Disputed lead under pressure, gaining narrow advantage briefly over 400 M out, but soon found no extra. |
| 5 | 5 | CHARITY FIRST (BN022) | D Lee | -- | Settled in mid-division. Made steady headway home bend to be some 2Ls off pace into home straight, then kept on one pace. |
| 6 | 2 | HIGHLAND DANCER (BN178) | E Legrix | B | Mainly in mid-division. Kept on well in straight. |
| 7 | 7 | FURIOSO (BN248) | K M Chin | -- | Travelled in 5th just better than mid-division to straight, then kept on one pace. |
| 8 | 14 | HAPPY KING (BM030) | C K Tse | -- | Held narrow lead to straight then weakened under pressure. |
| 9 | 12 | SUPER POWER (BH087) | W L Ho | -- | In rear until making some moderate late progress in straight. (Lame.) |
| 10 | 8 | SAGAR (BK052) | E Saint-Martin | -- | Always in last few. One-paced in straight. |
| 11 | 9 | WELL KNOWN SUPREME (BN161) | L Cassidy | -- | Never a danger. |
| 12 | 10 | QUICKABOB (BN128) | K Darley | -- | Squeezed and lost ground early stages then remained in rear throughout. |
| 13 | 6 | CHEERFUL (BM193) | C F Chan | B | Disputed lead until finding no extra and hanging wide approaching home turn, then tired quickly. |
| 14 | 4 | HIGHLAND LADDIE (BJ172) | M Kinane | -- | In mid-division before dropping out of contention home bend. |
| B : | Blinkers | BO : | Blinker with one cowl only | CC : | Cornell Collar | CP : | Sheepskin Cheek Pieces |
| CO : | Sheepskin Cheek Piece One Side | E : | Ear Plugs | H : | Hood | P : | Pacifier |
| PC : | Pacifier with cowls | PS : | Pacifier with one cowl | SB : | Sheepskin Browband | SR : | Shadow Roll |
| TT : | Tongue Tie | V : | Visor | VO : | Visor with one cowl | XB : | Crossed Nose Band |
| "1" : | First time | "2" : | Replaced | "-" : | Removed |